GDT: 8/22/08 - DET (62-64) AT KC (55-71) - 8:10 p.m. ET

grounds out

Sheff singles.

Come on Matt....!

:sheff: singles

:joyce:

MATT....

bottom of 9th
4-1

:rodney: coming in to close

Aviles - doubles

German - rbi double

4-2

Ahhh, Idk if I can watch this.

DeJesus - walk

DAMN IT! 2 on.

1 out. Okay DP and we win...

J. Guillen -

"Rodney is trying to dig himself out of a self-induced jam," says Mario....

!! Okay. 1 MORE OUT!
Come on Rodneyyyy!

and don't walk/score any more runs!

DAMN! NO! 1 run scores.

OUT! YES!

We win... but that was luck.

Wild pitch needed to get the runner out at home --- that stinks!!!

that little poop Rodney! Of course it was sheer luck...but De Jesus was out by a "country" mile....

laprimamirala wrote:

that little poop Rodney! Of course it was sheer luck...but De Jesus was out by a "country" mile....

He was, but it would still be nice to win because our pitchers were talented...

instead of rollercoaster rides the entire season....

August 22, 2008

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Detroit	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		4	6	0
Kansas City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2		3	13	0

Detroit AB- R- H- RBI- BB- SO- LOB- AVG Granderson, CF 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 .300 Polanco, 2B 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 .310 Ordonez, RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .310 Cabrera, 1B 4 2 2 2 0 0 1 .293 Guillen, 3B 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 .285 Sheffield, DH 4 0 1 0 0 2 2 .234 Joyce, LF 4 0 1 1 0 1 2 .271 Inge, C 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .215 Santiago, SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .321 Totals 31 4 6 4 3 3 10 BATTING 2B: Guillen (28, Bannister), Polanco (30, Bannister), Joyce (14, Bannister). HR: Cabrera 2 (27, 2nd inning off Bannister, 0 on, 0 out; 6th inning off Bannister, 0 on, 2 out). TB: Polanco 2; Cabrera 8; Guillen 2; Sheffield; Joyce 2. RBI: Cabrera 2 (99), Joyce (32), Polanco (48). 2-out RBI: Cabrera. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Cabrera; Santiago. GIDP: Ordonez. Team LOB: 3.		Kansas City AB- R- H- RBI- BB- SO- LOB- AVG Aviles, M, SS 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 .333 German, 2B 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 .235 DeJesus, LF 3 0 0 0 2 2 3 .292 Guillen, RF 5 0 1 0 0 1 6 .251 Teahen, 3B 5 0 0 0 0 3 3 .244 Butler, DH 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 .263 - 1-Smith, PR-DH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .211 Gload, 1B 4 1 4 0 0 0 0 .277 Buck, C 4 0 2 1 0 1 4 .225 Gathright, CF 3 0 0 0 1 0 6 .248 Totals 38 3 13 3 4 8 24 1-Ran for Butler in the 9th. BATTING 2B: Aviles, M (23, Rodney), German (11, Rodney). 3B: Buck (1, Glover). TB: Aviles, M 4; German 2; Guillen; Butler 2; Gload 4; Buck 4. RBI: Buck (40), German (17), Butler (42). 2-out RBI: Buck; Butler. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Guillen 2; Gathright 4. Team LOB: 12. BASERUNNING CS: Aviles, M (2, 2nd base by Verlander/Inge). FIELDING DP: 2 (Aviles, M-Gload, Aviles, M-German-Gload).
Detroit IP-- H- R- ER- BB- SO- HR- ERA Verlander (W, 10-13) 6.2 8 0 0 3 6 0 4.42 Glover 1.1 2 1 1 0 0 0 5.50 Rodney (S, 6) 1.0 3 2 2 1 2 0 4.76		Kansas City IP-- H- R -ER- BB- SO- HR- ERA Bannister (L, 7-13) 8.0 5 4 4 3 2 2 5.89 Wells 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5.46
WP: Bannister. Pitches-strikes: Verlander 113-77, Glover 22-15, Rodney 29-14, Bannister 100-60, Wells 14-9. Ground outs-fly outs: Verlander 6-7, Glover 1-3, Rodney 0-0, Bannister 8-13, Wells 2-0. Batters faced: Verlander 30, Glover 6, Rodney 6, Bannister 30, Wells 4. Inherited runners-scored: Glover 1-0. Umpires: HP: Todd Tichenor. 1B: Larry Vanover. 2B: Tim McClelland. 3B: Mike Everitt. Weather: 88 degrees, clear. Wind: 8 mph, R to L. T: 2:41. Att: 18,361. August 22, 2008

Glad they won!

I for one am a little exhausted.

laprimamirala wrote:

instead of rollercoaster rides the entire season....

I thought we would have less by not playing Jones as much.... I guess not

I decided I'm sleeping in in the morning!

omg Magglio is down to .310...
and didn't look much better tonight....